Zihao He is a Senior Software Engineer based in Seattle with 11 years of experience building large-scale machine learning systems, currently shaping recommender and personalization foundations for Facebook's Commerce org. He holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from Tsinghua and an MS in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon, blending strong theoretical grounding with practical ML deployment experience. At Facebook he led end-to-end enablement of recommender innovations that produced measurable top-line impact and optimized training and inference for production-scale personalized models. His background spans academia and industry research鈥攆rom teaching a PhD-level ML course at CMU to building deep-learning solutions for sleep-apnea detection and vulnerability research鈥攄emonstrating versatility across applied ML, systems, and security. Zihao鈥檚 early work on real-time model configuration and model lifecycle tooling shows a knack for operationalizing research into usable engineering platforms.
11 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Exchange Student, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, GPA 3.93/4.00, Exchange Student, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, GPA 3.93/4.00 at The University of Texas at Austin
Bachelor's degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, GPA 93/100, Rank 6/237, Bachelor's degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, GPA 93/100, Rank 6/237 at Tsinghua University
Master of Science - MS, Computer Science (MSCS Program), GPA 3.89/4.00, Master of Science - MS, Computer Science (MSCS Program), GPA 3.89/4.00 at Carnegie Mellon University
Contributions:30 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 6 months
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